Chrysalis

Awards and Accolades for Chrysalis and for Kilby Blades:
2018 Emma Award for Diversity in Romantic Literature Finalist - Interracial Romance
2018 Emma Award Winner for Best Debut Author
Nine-time award-nominee for Snapdragon, the prequel to Chrysalis, and three-time award winner for honors including the IPPYs, the Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize For Fiction, the Foreword Indie Award, the HOLT Medallion, the New England Reader's Choice Award and the OKRWA National Reader's Choice award
What Reviewers Have to Say...
"Chrysalis is the very satisfying culmination of an epic romance. Kilby Blades' ability to develop the characters and their relationship, and to carry you along with them, is as evident here as it was in Snapdragon."
-Laurie K, Amazon Verified Reviewer

"The two book series is the best I've read since finishing Sylvia Day's Crossfire series. Not only are the protagonists compelling, their story is a realistic reflection of modern tensions ambitious men and women face between careers and love."
- Amazon Verified Reviewer

"This ended differently than I had expected. But in a more modern way. What a combination of minds."
- Lorena Helfers, Amazon Verified Reviewer

More about "Chrysalis"
Honoring the pact they made to let their careers come first, Michael and Darby end the casual sex part of their relationship when he lands his dream promotion in Sydney. Determined not to let their connection fade, he lays plans for a new kind of friendship. But he can’t get Darby out of his system. When he realizes the move was a mistake, he begins to maneuver the chess pieces that will let him reverse his decision.

But the distance is only half the problem. There are things about Michael that Darby doesn’t know, and he must find ways to reveal his authentic self from 10,000 miles away. Complicating matters are the re-emergence of Michael’s own estranged father, who suddenly wants back into Michael’s life, on top of a chilling revelation about Darby’s father, Frank Christensen.

With more now at stake than merely winning Darby back, Michael must prepare to take down a powerful insider crime syndicate and decide what lengths he is willing to go to, to take back his beloved neighborhood on the South Side. Destroying Frank could mean endangering Darby, and Michael may have to choose between the two things he loves, all while facing the moral dilemma of how much vigilante justice to serve—after all, Frank is still Darby’s father.

“Chrysalis” rips open a new chapter in the romance genre, presenting complex characters, intense attraction, complicated choices and modern love for the real world. It is for anyone who struggles with competing priorities and demands on their time, but who wants to believe in love. It is told from Michael’s point of view and its prequel, “Snapdragon” (Book One in the "Love Conquers None" duet), is told from Darby’s perspective.